• Interviews

    Q&A with Dr Pakorn Peetathawatchai, President, SET

  • Technology

    Beginning of a new era

    Thomas Zeeb
    Head Securities & Exchanges, SIX
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    Editor's Pick

    Interview with Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation

    Published: Sep 2018
    We talk to Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation about the organisation's role in collecting, exhibiting and promoting contemporary photography.
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    Mark Wetjen,
    Technology

    A regulatory perspective on crypto

    Published: Sep 2018
    In this video, Mark Wetjen, Managing Director & Head of Global Public Policy, DTCC talks about how it is still early days for regulators and crypto currencies. But with growing interest from retail investors in crypto currency markets, regulators are increasing their scrutiny of the digital currency.
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    Noorsuriani Muhamed
    Emerging Markets

    Bursa Malaysia’s Shariah Investing Fair

    Published: Sep 2018
    Malaysia has championed and led the way in the development of Islamic Finance ecosystems over the last four decades, successfully establishing itself as one of the most advanced countries in the global Islamic Finance scene today, writes Noorsuriani Muhamed, Vice President, Product & Market Development, Islamic Capital Market, Bursa Malaysia.
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    Olumide Orojimi
    ESG

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange explores entertainment to promote financial literacy amongst young people

    Published: Sep 2018
    NSE recently partnered with Kinabuti Fashion Initiative to empower young people with entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy, writes Olumide Orojimi, Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).
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    News & Views

    The WFE announces its General Assembly & Annual Meeting in Athens

    Published: Sep 2018
    The WFE has announced its forthcoming General Assembly & Annual Meeting, to be held from 2-4 October, in Athens, Greece.
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    Ali Işık, EVP-IT Systems and Infrastructure and M. Ufuk Özdemir, EVP-IT Application Development
    Emerging Markets

    Update from Borsa İstanbul on its BISTECH project

    Published: Sep 2018
    Turkish capital markets witnessed a landmark cooperation in 2014, when Borsa İstanbul signed a strategic partnership agreement with NASDAQ, writes Ali Işık, EVP-IT Systems and Infrastructure and M. Ufuk Özdemir, EVP-IT Application Development, Borsa Istanbul.
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    CCPs

    The WFE responds to ESMA on tick size consultation

    Published: Sep 2018
    The WFE has published its response to the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) consultation paper proposing amendments to the tick size regime in the EU with reference to third country (or, non-EU) instruments.
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    News & Views

    Enhancing financial stability today for the future

    Published: Sep 2018
    A Q&A with Michael Leibrock, Managing Director, Credit & Systemic Risk, DTCC and Adrien Vanderlinden, Executive Director, Systemic Risk Office, DTCC looking at the DTCC’s recent white paper, The Next Crisis Will Be Different – Opportunities to Continue Enhancing Financial Stability.
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    CCPs

    The WFE calls for global reform of Leverage Ratio

    Published: Sep 2018
    The WFE published its response to the four global standard-setting boards assessing the effectiveness of incentives to centrally clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.
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